What men in all the world have shown such daring?

It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of things never heard of, seen or dreamed of before.

There are fully forty towers, which are lofty and well built, the largest of which has fifty steps leading to its main body, and is higher than the tower of the principal tower of the church at Seville.

The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered with mats and kept very clean.

Chocolate is the divine drink which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a whole day without food.

The priests are debarred from female society, nor is any woman permitted to enter the religious houses.

I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.